Assembly of Microparticles to Patterned Trenches Using the Depletion Volume Effect

Assembly of Microparticles to Patterned Trenches Using the Depletion Volume Effect

In this paper, we demonstrate that 20 μm microbeads can be preferentially assembled into substrate trenches of similar width by employing a polymer (depletant) that induces the depletion volume effect (depletion attraction). In previous works, we proved that this strategy is useful to assem...

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Main Authors: Yaoki Mori, Ryota Kawai, Hiroaki Suzuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-06-01
Series:Micromachines
Subjects:
self-assembly
mesoscale assembly
three-dimensional assembly
depletion volume effect
excluded volume effect
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/10/7/428

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